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(npphcatlon led Sept" 211 1891 lo ModeL) JAMES II. O. BOIG, OFLIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

GAlVIE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,013, dated July 12,1898.

Application iilecl September 27, 1897. Serial No. 653,118. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.:

Beit known that I, JAMES Il. C. Bore, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Liverpool, England, have invented a certain new andamusing Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and am using game apparatus upon which thegame of cacho maybe played,requiring both skill and chance for thewinning thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan of theapparatus; Fig. 2, an edge view thereof when folded, and Fig. 3 aperspective of one of the pawns;

The game apparatus consists of any suitable board or surface A, uponwhich is printed, lithographed, or otherwise inscribed a circle B,having therein an eight-pointed star C, which is formed by a zigzag bandbeing subdivided into colored stripes D, preferably four in number, eachbeing of a different color, and within this zigzag band is a circularband E, divided into eight sections made up of four alternating colors,and again within the lastnamed band is still another band F, which islikewise divided into eight spaces represented by four alternatingcolors, and linally a central disk G is divided into four sections, eachrepresented by a different color. Upon the outside of the circles arelocated the disks I-I, each having four spots I therein, said spotscorresponding in color to the four colors used upon the zigzag band andthe central bands, and in playing the game four indicators or pawns ofthe design shown in Fig. 3 and lettered .I are used.

Two, three, or four players may take part in the game, each playertaking four pawns of the same color, placing them on the colored stripeswithin the zigzag band or star, the color of the pawns corresponding tothe color of these stripes. This is the starting-point for each player,and the object of the game is that he finishes at the same point, andthis zigzag band is called the course. The first player being providedwith a die and box shakes said box and throws the die into the center ofthe circle without placing the die upon any particular portion of saidcircle, so that whatever color the die rests upon in the twenty coloredspaces the player moves his corresponding pawns along the course as manysquares as the die indicated-as, for instance, ifv one die goes upongreen with six up and the other upon blue with three up the player moveshis pawn standing upon green in the course six squares and the one onblue three squares. If both the dice should get on two separate yellowsor on same yellow, the player moves his pawn in the course the total ofthe dice, andlikewise for other colors. The pawns are moved to the leftand the last player passes the dice-box to the player upon the right,who proceeds as just described. If two sixes are thrown, either insections or on lines, the player has the privilege of a .second throw;but if they are outside of the circle then only the one outside ispermitted a second throw. If either die touches the line, howeverslight, this is a lost throw against that particular die, or both ifboth go on the line. No second throw is allowed except when two sixesare thrown. If the dice come outside the colored sections, it is a lostthrow. It one pawn overtakes another and gets upon the same square, itis to be placed on top the other. The rst pawn cannot thereafter moveuntil set free by the second pawn moving from off the space. lVhen anypawn has gone completely around and arrived at the last square or isable to go beyond, the pawn must be taken off the course and placed atthe left hand of the player and same color as retired from-as, forinstance, if a red pawn has reached the starting-point on red it isplaced on a red spot in home circle. lVhichever player gets the pawnshome iirst wins the game. A fresh game may be now commenced or thepresent game continued to the endthat is, until all but one of theplayers have reached their home circles.

It often happens that an interesting and exciting game is lost by awould-be and expectant winner who has three pawns upon the home circleand only wants to get his last pawn upon said circle; but in throwingthe ldice they fail to fall in the particular color desired, thereforeprecluding the moving of the pawn, for if a player has three pawns uponthe home circle and has only one pawn left in blue to win the game thedice must go on a blue section 5 otherwise the player cannot count Forconvenience the board may be so made IOO nated to correspond with saidpaths, groups of spots also designated to correspond with the pathsarranged in each corner, and blocks or disks for each group of spotsdesignated similarly thereto, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES II. C. BOIG. Witnesses:

R. M. PIERCE, ALLIsoN W. MCCURDY.

